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Nick Cave Thoughtfully Puts a Bigot in Their Place for Insulting His Fans

  • July 23, 2019
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Following his recent condemnation of Morrissey’s political views, while pleading that people don’t discard the maligned Mancunian singer’s music—especially that of The Smiths, Nick Cave has further clarified his position on free speech, while putting and homophobic bigot in their place.

This occurred once again in Cave’s fan correspondence site the Red Hand Files, where a fan from a generally conservative part of the United States asked the Australian singer/author if he found a certain demographic of his fan base to be insufferable.

The question, posed by a man named George from Alabama was as follows:

“Do you ever get tired of all the pretentious fat lesbians who enjoy your music? Personally I enjoy a lot of your music, but I find most of your fans insufferable. I’m just wondering if you’re on the same page.”

Needless to say, not only was Cave not on the same page, he removed all ambiguity that he was not at all sympathetic to the far-right under the guise of free speech, and furthermore that people should expect to be judged accordingly if they say something hateful:

“It seems that these days free speech has fallen out of favour. The concept has been polarised by some and now a free speech advocate is often seen – I feel somewhat bizarrely – to be aligned to the far-right. However, I do believe that, even though we should have the right to say what we like, there are consequences to what we say and just because we can speak freely, it does not – and should not – inoculate us against these consequences.”

Cave continues, suggesting that George should apologise:

“So, in the interests of free speech, George, I have given you a platform. However, and I am speculating here, I think that probably ninety-nine percent of the people who read your question will think that you are being, well, a bit of an asshole. I could be wrong. It could be more.

I do not believe that your anonymity protects you, any more than I believe the anonymity of the hate trolls on social media protects them. I feel that there are psychic pathways that exist between us all, and that the negativity we create eventually finds its way back to us.

The opportunity to act in a better way is one that is continuously afforded to us – to try to make the next thing we do the best thing, rather than the worst thing, the destructive thing. In this instance, George, it’s not too late for you. If you close your eyes and apologise to my fans, just maybe that negative attention will begin to dissipate. I think my fans are smart enough and sufficiently forgiving to understand that your words extend only to the margins of your own individual evolution.”

Nick Cave ends the discussion suggesting that everyone has the potential to grow and evolve:

“There is always room to evolve, to become better at being human, and to advance the common cause of humanity and civility – this applies not just to you, George, but to me too and, indeed, to all of us.”

Read Cave’s full answer HERE.

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